Jazz trumpeter Jack Sheldon dies at 88: Videos
Jack Sheldon, an acclaimed jazz musician whose trumpet graced the award-winning song “The Shadow of Your Smile” and…
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Jazz night in America remembers artists we lost in 2019: Video
Just over 40 years ago, Joseph Jarman published a book of poetry that opens with a chant: “we…
Soulful and versatile saxophonist Buddy Terry, one of newark’s Jazz elders, has died at 78: Videos, Photos
Buddy Terry, a saxophonist who worked in a broad array of styles and situations — making his most…
Ginger Baker, cream drummer and force of nature, dies at 80: Videos
There are lots of firsts and superlatives in the career of Ginger Baker, the drummer and bandleader who…
Steve Dalachinsky, poet who chronicled and championed the Jazz Avant-Garde, dies at 72: Videos, Photos
Steve Dalachinsky, a contemporary poet unrivaled in his dedication to the jazz avant-garde, not only as a gimlet-eyed…
American singer Nancy Holloway dies at the age of 86: Photos, Video
American jazz and soul singer Nancy Holloway, who has lived in France since 1960 and enjoyed success among…